A 17-year-old enrolled in a summer program at Madison Park High School was taken to the hospital after being stabbed outside the school Wednesday morning, police said.

The male student, whose injuries were not considered life-threatening, was stabbed at 8:53 a.m. at 75 Malcolm X Boulevard after an altercation with two or three males who approached him, Boston Police Superintendent in Chief William Gross said.

“The victim was sitting on a wall outside, and [a] number of individuals approached him,” Gross said. “He was stabbed once in the face and once in the torso and was transported to Brigham and Women’s Hospital.”

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He said detectives were trying to determine a motive in the attack.

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